Sports Boosters will be in the Sports Quad before kickoff starting at 6 pm, Friday, August 26. If you have NOT picked up your Sports Booster pass you can at this time or even purchase a membership. You will also be able to purchase Dons hats, shirts, and swag at the table. Get there early to ‘Don Up’! Any questions…
Varsity Volleyball: Dons Slay the Heritage High Patriots Tuesday night, our Acalanes Ladies Varsity Volleyball team returned to East County for a re-match against Heritage High School in Brentwood. Recall just 3 days ago, we had dominated the Patriots in 2 sets at the East County Tournament. The evening started with a tight first set, Heritage meeting us point for…
The Lady Dons prevailed over the College Park Falcons (defending DAL Valley Division Champions) 237-248, in their first match of the 2022 golf season. Starting as they finished last season, all five players had quality rounds and contributed to the win, with Haley Chelemedos posting the low round for the day, 41 for 9 holes at Contra Costa Country Club,…
Everybody contributed in the Don’s scrimmage on Saturday night, proving that this year’s team is both talented and deep across the board. Although the scrimmage rules don’t really give a great look at how the team will perform in actual game situations, it did give the boys a chance to get some fully padded competition against someone other than their…
GIRLS VARSITY VOLLEYBALL This past Saturday, the Acalanes Ladies Varsity Volleyball team came out strong against formidable opponents at the 2022 East County Tournament hosted by Deer Vally High School in Antioch. The Dons started their day holding their own against the highly skilled San Ramon Valley Wolves; despite well executed kills by Katelyn Olin, Hanna Hageboeck, & Ryann Jones,…
The Acalanes Dons JV football team kicked off their 2022 pre-season on Saturday. The team was scheduled to scrimmage multiple teams in the football equivalent of speed dating, but the contest turned into a one-on-one matchup after Vallejo backed out. The teams that remained, Acalanes and Granada, represented a rematch 10 months in the making, as the Freshman Dons suffered…
The pads went on the 2022 Freshman Dons for their final tune-up Saturday at Acalanes Stadium. In a 3-team scrimmage format the Don’s showed well against Grenada and Deer Valley. Head coach Bill Hansen had them ready to play with QB Branson Smith connecting with Isaac “Iceman” Copen to get into the endzone on the first offensive set. That capper…
In a show of complete control and skills, the Lady Dons looked ready for the season in an exhibition match against the Wolves of San Ramon Valley H.S. A great showing for the Lady Don’s with positive momentum going into Saturday’s scrimmage against a very tough Carondelet H.S
For the second year in a row, a player from Acalanes was drafted by a major league baseball team. Last year, Davis Diaz, a shortstop, was drafted right out of high school in the 10th round by the Arizona Rattlers but opted to matriculate and play baseball for Vanderbilt University. This past month, Stefan Raeth, a right-handed pitcher, after attending,…
Little by little, an increasing number of girls in the USA are breaking through invisible barriers of perhaps the most traditionally male-dominated sport, football. In assuming key roles kicking for their school’s football team, they’re blazing trails for the young women behind them. In 1997, Christal Cook was the first girl to play on her high school’s football team. She was…
